diff -up uuid-1.0.3/tests/uuid_create.phpt.old uuid-1.0.3/tests/uuid_create.phpt
--- uuid-1.0.3/tests/uuid_create.phpt.old	2012-11-06 09:30:20.644788269 +0100
+++ uuid-1.0.3/tests/uuid_create.phpt	2012-11-06 09:30:30.512821665 +0100
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if(!extension_loaded('uuid')) die('skip
 <?php
         // check basic format of generated UUIDs
         $uuid = uuid_create();
-        if (ereg("[[:xdigit:]]{8}-[[:xdigit:]]{4}-[[:xdigit:]]{4}-[[:xdigit:]]{4}-[[:xdigit:]]{12}", $uuid)) {
+        if (preg_match("/[[:xdigit:]]{8}-[[:xdigit:]]{4}-[[:xdigit:]]{4}-[[:xdigit:]]{4}-[[:xdigit:]]{12}/", $uuid)) {
                 echo "basic format ok\n";
         } else {
                 echo "basic UUID format check failed, generated UUID was $uuid\n";